labefactare

labefactare [CL] 1 to weaken, loosen, make unsteady: a (building or sim.); b (person). a s1092 violentia fulminis apud Salesbiriam tectum turris ecclesie omnino disjecit multumque maceriam ~avit W. Malm. GR IV 325; in castrorum constructione tanto artificio ligna connectunt ut nec aque stilla penetrando subintret, nec procelle vis ~ando concutiat Gir. IK II 3 p. 116. b [Wlstanus] totus membris ~atus ex concussione demonis W. Malm. GP IV 142; liquet ergo spiritu corpus ~ari et ex labefacto quamplura sibi incommoda referri Pull. Sent. 755C. 2 to shake, undermine, weaken: a (person, his authority, confidence, or will); b (abstr.). a milites machinis comitis ~ati et consternati W. Malm. HN 522; nullius umquam oratio voluntatem meam ~abit Id. GP I 48 p. 80; p1161 hec vobis, quem video in multis ~atum, propono J. Sal. Ep. 177 (208); 1166 imperatorem ex causa scismatis ‥ cotidie ~ari conspiciunt Ib. 178 (171). b dignitatem Cantuarie ~atam refecit W. Malm. GR I 95; justitiam ~are conatur Ib. V 448; preceptum vestrum non mediocriter ~avit metus Id. Wulfst. ep. p. 1. 3 to destroy. fructus et fruges igne vel aqua ~ari jubet W. Malm. GP III 99 p. 208.

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